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Historical Event on 12/5/1951

Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.